Accepting payments on my website

[Char]

Hello All:
Back on course and hoping someone can help with getting a shopping cart onto our site so we can accept payments.
Hopefully nothing to complicated, as far as computer literacy not my forte.
Thanks all and looking forward.
Some comments on our site would also be appreciated.
Char
www.greentreeeco.com

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Char

Hello All:
Back on course and hoping someone can help with getting a shopping cart onto our site so we can accept payments.
Hopefully nothing to complicated, as far as computer literacy not my forte.
Thanks all and looking forward.
Some comments on our site would also be appreciated.
Char
www.greentreeeco.com

Nice site by the way, love the colors

As for shoppingcarts you can use free ones like paypal or google (you need an account on paypal or google). These are good for simple sales where sale volume is low and not too many products. If you expect to sell a lot of stuff where you have many products and expect to make more than say $10K per month then you probably need a shopping cart and integrated bank system. Some examples of what I've used; 1shoppingcart.com is ok, no programming required but it is complex as there are many options. Try their trial copy and see what you think. Another is PDG, easier to use but not as good looking as 1shoppingcart. However there are many cart systems but the key to these systems are integrating them to a mechant bank system. I used authorize.net and north american bankcard. However before you jump into this there are recurring monthly charges both for the the gateway and the merchant bank (about $40/month in total recurring fee), so take a look around and try to guage the system to what you are likely sell in volume. If in doubt start with something like paypal, free, easy to setup and get started